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The Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon
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Saiem, Oregon
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City Indebtedness
According to the Oregon Voter, which has been doing a
useful work in compiling taxation and indebtedness figures
in order to show more clearly where the public moneys go
and thus enable the practice of economies by the elimination
of waste, 36 Oregon cities have a per capita city debt, not
including school, port and other indebtedness, of over $100
per man, woman and child of population. Six have a debt
of over $200, and three of over $300 per capita.
Twenty-eight cities are bonded for over 30 percent of
their assessed valuation for city debt only. Seven have sold
bonds for from 30 to 40 percent of their assessed valuation
and three from 40 to 67 percent.
The indebtedness for the cities of Marion and Polk county
is given as follows :
WttTvrrrn
J,
MAIUON COUNT y-
Bonds
authorized.
Doctor Best
of JuryMen
Says Jurist
By H. T. Hopkins.
Portland, Or., Aug. 15. What
irofessional man makos the best
jurist?
"A lawyer," might be expected
to be the usual response.
But that Isn't the way George
Rossman answer that question.
Here's his reply:
"A doctor."
No, UoMsmun Isn't a doctor; he's
municipal Judge of Portland, and
before he weut on the bench he
waa a lawyer.
But his experience as a jurist
has convinced him that a knowl
edge of medicine is more import
ant In dispensing Justice than Is
an acquaintance with Blackstone.
Four-fifths of the law breakers
who appear In poUce court are de
ficient, mentally or physically, nc
cordlag to HoBsman, and should be
treated by physicians Instead of
being thrown In Jail.
"The people who fall Into the
hands of the law," he said, "are
abnormal people. Thoy . unnot live
as tholr fellows. They steal. They
use dope. They are quarrelsome,
rhey drink, fight with their
neighbors or allow their vile pas
sions to rule them.
"Those people are subjects for
physicians ruther than Judges.
Penalizing In Jail dooB little good.
It has an deterrent effect on the
rest, of society. But Is accomplish
es no reform In the prisoner.
"Take the woman dope fiend
who came Into my court. An ex
amination showed she was suffer
ing with a cancer and took the
dope to deaden (ho pain. A term
in Jail would not cure her caneer.
Medical science might do some
thing; for her, but statutes and or
dinances would not.
I do not believe In the present
lip-shod method of administering
Justice. A Judge should not be re
quired to spend ull of his time list
ening to rules of evidence, to prec
edents and recent decisions.
"If I had my way I'd never send
man to jail until I had made a
thorough examination of his case
I'd Insist on a mental and physical
examination of the prisoner.
Would like to be a pliynlela my
feelt In order that I could discover
the reason why the prisoner could
not live like hie fellow man.
"I believe the time Is coming
when the physician, and not the
Judge and Jury, will deal with the
Cities
Aurora
Hubbard
Jefferson
Mt. Angel
Salem 756,555
Siiverton 222.711
Turner
Woodburn
FOLK COUNTY
Dallas
Fas City
Independence ...
Monm;uth
W. Salem
24,943
12,000
50,000
10,000
49,920
Bonds
Issued.
19,943
12,000
20,000
500,842
119,750
10,000
49,920
Other Total
Indebtedness. Indebtedness
26,414
35,003
29,910
84,500
26,500
805
4,701
"l0,000
255.713
5,580
" 12,000
6,894
805
24,645
12,000
30,000
756,555
125,330
10,000
61,920
(xf&ver accomplish tnone when
l&d bv hard work
than when language is vd atone,.
I
()Th opinion. trf
Dree vwmkui
anotha'r womatCs
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1. jtWn ,- .iOSOaar '31 AFs'l
I
dacvctnA is
rviraWy poor..
1
In order to reduce tbe hi6b
ivino we have ftot to do trio
w wwords.
cost of
re than spilt
26,414 6,894 33,308
35,000 35,000
29,910 29,910
84,500 11,211 95,71 1
17,000 2,100 19,100
The percapita city debt of Aurora is $3.52, of Hubbard
$77.02, of Jefferson $18.78, of Mt. Angel $32.05, of Salem
$42.79, of Siiverton $55.68, of Turner $34 60, of Woodburn
$37.39, of Dallas $12.33, of Falls City $35.21, of Independence
$26.17, of Monmouth $164.65, of West Salem $91.83.
The percentage of assessed value of each of the above
cities, represented by the debt of the city, not including
school, port or other indebtedness is: Aurora .50, Hubbard
11.89, Jefferson 5.14, Mt. Angel 8.66, Salem 6.51, Siiverton
11.41, Turner 6 13, Wodburn 7.09, Dallas 3.1, Falls City
13.79, Independence 6.11, Monmouth 39.81, West Salem 15.90.
Of course it is not what the municipality owes, but the
value it received for the expenditure. These figures show
a favorable comparison with other cities of the state for
indebtedness, but they also show one of the reasons why
taxation is high and the necessity of curtailing further bond
issues until those localities over-bonded catch up in growth
and valuation to a fair ratio.
) Sometimes a fellow can't help thinkin
that teovertiment id an institution torth
discooratofcrnent of enterprise.
Seems as though a (erfce part
or our i iveo is uswwu
tjjrci.''
nversation. I'll see to that and
I'll guarantee as well to keep Mr.
Early on his tiptoes with Interest
and expectation.
"Act as though nothing' had
happened," was Bab's last admoni
tion as I took down the receiver.
"I wish to speak to Mr. Early.
Tell him it is Mrs. Hammersley
speaking," I said to the girl at the
office switch-board.
In a moment I recognized MIbs
Belcher's voice. "Who wishes to
speak to Mr. Early? This is his
secretary speaking. Can I do any
thing for you? Mr. Early is very
busy preparing for an out of town
trip."
I was perfectly well aware that
Miss Belcher knew that it was I
who wishes to speak to Mr. Early,
but she took this way of annoying
me and also of telling me that Mr.
Early was leaving town suddenly.
"It is Mrs. Hammersley speak
ing, Miss Belcher, I would like
very much to speak to Mr. Early
personally."
"I will tell him, Mrs. Hammer
sley, but perhaps you had better
let him call you up, as he is in con
ference just at present.
I smiled, because I had learned
Tabloid Sermons
rur uuay reopie by
Parson Abie! Haile
"Take Therefore no thought for the morrow." "mT-
Probably no text in the entire scripture haa been m thW
. . . .. a - J ii ill im . . vie enih.
I"-"" . kHuuauLluwi QTirt U - ..
and brainless, have repeated it with the omimin.. . "
-Therefore", and so have lost the entire spirit of the w0 d "
Many have affected to believe and some have in thel ' J
believed that the text they quote or misquote bo aiiM
a bland Indifference to the events of the morrow. Thev "mm
contains
,.... nan tTrankHn AynrpRReH na hft mi It ul PAH.
- "mruDatlon of
nhilnannhv ftf .TeSUH of Nazareth." and llnloea nna 1
be wiser than that very wise Benjamin, one would do well t Z '
bued with that philosophy. The spirit is this: if each'day8
done in a constructive manner, with each brick laid trm ik
frat a hnu f far thfl rnrnlti r Haw Ail -
nothing to fret about for the coming day. All of
118 are buli
nnipRB we are Idlers and our structures are character ,.-.
fesslon, art or any caning, rrom street cleaning to running a vJ
reserve oanK. 11 me uo a i murieu uvur, it procraatinallo
aiiowea sway, u iucm u .uvui. w mmesi craftsmanship
,x hh ho trouble on the morrow. If the lessnn lo t -v.. .
luoic ... . ausoroed a!
. . ..,,,,11. tho teacher will manifest disnlfnnro 4
uuiw dh - m own lj
But If the day's end finds the day's task done, honorably anj 3
while in the magazine office just iscientiously, and If the lesson is earnea at night; if closing tla.1
what that word "conference" was' finds a calm conscience, then, and then only, as Jesus plainly ponW
out in the full text seen ye iirsi, rignieousness" and the.
"Cake therefore no thought for the morrow." Get the righteoasnem,
do vour level best, and go to sleep. But be Bure that you can in
out word that he was ln conierence ouraeif jn t;ae eye, in the mirror, before you retire.
made to cover In the distribution
of the modern business man's time.
I have known Mr. Early to send
(gjMontmcnts to dead soldiery arc fine,
but & bonu.5 to living soldiers is
iincr still..
"Why, of course not, silly. Do
Duane and me do the talking."
"Bab, you are not going to tell
Duane," I said in horror.
"I don't quite agree with you
you imagine that I am going to teil
Duane everything that anyone
tells me for the rest of my natural
life? The work that I have cut
law-breuker.'
Meat Cutters
Oppose Cuts
Omaha. Neb., Aug. 15. Union
packing plant employes will not
accept a wage reduction, accord
ing to Cornelius J. Hayea, inter
national president of the Amal
(amtated Meat Cutters Butcher
Workmen's union, delegates and
officer of which went Into seaalon
here today to formulate a plan to
negotiate with the packers an
agreement to take effect when the
present national agreement expires
September 15.
Mr. Hays made a verbal state
ment to this effect before entering
the conference, which ht expected
to last four or five days. He ex
pressed the opinion that action at
the present meeting would result
in the arrangement of "an amica
ble" agreement with the packers
so that "no drastic" action would
be taken by the union.
He also declared himself op
posed to the Industrial relatlonsi
packing plant organisation, spon-i
sored by the packers for adjust
meat of disputes.
Farm Tenantry Increasing
Growth of tenant farming is one of the evils threatening
the land. Each decade sees the number of owners tilling
their own soil shrinking and the number of renters increas
ing. More and more farms have to support two families
that of their owners and that of the renters, which increases
the hazard of the occupation and frequently decreases the
productivity of the land.
Of the total number of farms in the United States on
TnHnM,. i mon .... ..I, ....... K,r TTmivfAortt-Vi PonmiQ ifi.44R.-
i.ucw.y it iow, a D..vr , "7 1 ' 7 lout for myself in order to become
3titj), 3,5Z5,0O were operatea oy tneir owners, oo,uti, i a successful wife," said Bab oracu
hired managers, and 2,454,746 by tenants. Of the total num-tiariy, "is to keep from telling Du-
Uav rrf farms. fiO 9 nor rent wer operated bv their owners, ane the things he should not know
1.1 per cent by managers, and 38.1 per cent by tenants- In-;
1910, 62.1 per cent of the farms were operated by owners, 0.9Shouid know
percent by managers, and 37 per cent by tenants. The dis- "Bab, are you not entering into
tribution in 1900 was, owners, 63.7 per cent; managers, 1.0 a pretty arduous life? You are a
per cent; and tenants, 35.3 per cent; in 1890, owners and "U""M
managers together, Yl.b per cent; ana tenants, o. per Lent,. . Weii, my dear Alix, you have
in 1880. owners and managers, 74.4 per cent; and tenants, demonstrated that it is easier for
ok e ppnt you to attract a man than It is for
The states in which 80 per cent or more of the farms were LlTZll
operated by their owners in 1920 include Maine, New HamD- have thought a great deal about
shire. Massachusetts. Connecticut. Nevada, Utah, Montana, that part of it. Most women seem
Vermont, New Mexico, Wyoming, Wisconsin, Rhode Island,! thnk that catching a man and
- . . . Vri i . i7.i,: j j keeping him, mean the same thing,
Idaho, West Virginia, Michigan, Arizona, Washington, and hMvwhmt , have seon among mBv
Oregon. married friends teaches me that it
The number of farms operated by tenants in 1920 was takes an entirely different bag of
2,454,746, as compared with 2,354,676 in 1910. The increase ; '! to keep a husband than it
. . . 'flripn rft fiilcn him
in tenant farms during the decade was 100,070, or 4 5, mi Bab , do not thnfc tha(
per cent. I can sit In a hotel dining room
In Oregon there were in 1920, 50,206 farms as against with Roland Early and bis wife
45,502 ten years before. Those operated by owners were! lhe circumstances."
39,863 in 1920 and 37,796 in 1910. Those operated by tn-MTh? d
ants in 1920 were 12,419, as against 7,726 in 1910, a gain in! him up before he beats you to it."
tenant farming of 60 percent. While the gain in operating j "Beats me to it? What do you
farm owners is in eastern Oregon, the gain in tenantry is .. Babr
in western Oregon. I even t( V(m are a wliow, ahx. How
The older settled the country is, the greater the number of you write the stories you do is a
farm tenants, due to the difficulty of securing free and cheap mystery to me. why don't you
land available to Dioneers, and to the retirement of aged, inow that the first thing that
.... L -t, . i j ' tariy win ao alter ne has reauceo
farm to c ties and towns to live upon the rentals secured, , L. ,., , .K
for their properties.
' SB
HE2 HECK JL SAYS 8
V, detrftiinin&?hc
MtSmriJiSancc intn vvof Id th &
y jflPW- choice seems "to lie between JJ&j.
Ouija boards and cats." r
he was showing me the tricks of
his new police dog and always
when he served tea which he did
every afternoon in English fashion
he told the business callers he
was in conference while his friends
were invited in.
"I think, if you do not mind,
Misa Belcher, I will hold the wire,"
I said sweetly. I heard the bang of
the receiver on the desk and said! of a Christie comedy at the Ore-
to myself, "Score one for Alicia." g0n, when all at once there flashed
Immediately Mr. Early's voice, on the screen a picture of her
in which there was an agitated aunt's house in Hollywood. Some
note, came to my ears.
Sees Aunt's House
In Christie Comedy
Makes Her Homesick
Do you ever get homesick at the
movies?
Marjorie Harbert of this city
did last Friday night In the course
perament must have sympathy ana
he usually goes to the nearest wo
man to get It."
"Then you are thinking that he
will get It from his wife?"
"Of course he will. She loves ; Strong, 12
him, does she not, unreasonably i ly fatally,
"Yes, Mrs. Hammersley!"
"I am very sorry to Interrupt
you, Mr. Early, especially as Miss
Belcher tells me that you are leav
ing town soon."
"I want you to feel, Mrs. Ham
mersley, that you are never an in
terruption and I am very glad you
called me, as I was just about to
call you."
(Tomorrow Dinner for Six.)
Boys In Auto
Collision With
Train at Marion
Albany, Or., Aug. 15. Winston
was injured, probab
and Ray Strong, 16,
and adoringly? He could get her sustained a broken collarbone and
sympathy even while he was 'other injuries when an automobile
breaking her heart in little pieces. In which they were riding was
it ne torn tier with that sad ex
pression of his that it was hurting
of the comedians walked up to the
door which was opened by not
her aunt but some unknown wo
man ln Christie's following. And
later, in one of those intimate back
porch scenes, Miss Harbert recog
nized the rear of the same house.
In April of this year Miss Har
bert and her sister visited their
aunt whose home is just across
the street from the Charlie Chap
lin studio. "Did it make me home
sick?" Miss Harbert repeated the
question. "Well, I should say it
did."
against liquor smugglers lm,
Canada.
The arrival of the state poiw
followed reports that efforts wm
being made to flood the Units
States with intoxicants fromCu.
n .1 ,.n . 1. . ... . .
' . .v ... m irr mi
ing in Windsor that the Ontiri.
loiuperciace uci aoes not forbid
meir export.
unbearably to use the ham-
hlm
mer.
"But this discussion is not get
ting us anywhere. You must go
immediately and Invite them to
dinner. You have a splendid ex
cuse now that we are here. As I
told you, do not worry about the, not seriously hurt.
struck by a southbound train at
a crossing on the Southern Pa
cific mainline about one mile
south of Marlon late Sunday. The
boys are sons of Mr. and Mrs. H.
W. Strong of (Jresham, Or.
Winston suffered concussion of
the brain and his Injuries were
declared to be dangerous. Ray is
Threat of Tong
War Outbreak In
Salem Fizzles Out
Visions of an outbreak ot i
Chinese tong war in Salem nut thi
nnlire ripnnrtmont
m . u vuo men
Sunday night, when Bin Seta, to.
cal noodle house proprietor wh:
recently received threatening let
ters because of hla withdrwd
from the tong of which he hat,
been a member, telephoned (or tli
police.
Bin Sen said that he was being
hunted by two young Chlueit,
strangers in Salem, who were try
ing to stir up a local tong war.
Investigation by Officers Hsyden
and Branson failed to reveal an;
trace of the Chinese sttrangen.
ALICIA HAMMERSLEY
A Woman Who Wouldn't Remarry
By IDAH McGLONE GIBSON
The Noted Writer
Bab's Flan
"Are you sure that It will silence
gossip, Bab?" I asked when she In
sisted that I should have Roland
Early and bis wife to dinner with about?
me at the same hotel where Mr.
Early and I had lunched together.
"Besides, I shall be very uncom
fortable. What shall we talk
his wife to tears by telling; her she
was a fool or worse to come to you.
will be to Insist she can only recti
fy her mischief by Inviting you to
dinner?"
"I don't qnlte agree with you,
Bab. Although It la possible that
Mr. Early may ask me to dinner,
yet I am sure that he will say
j nothing to her about her visit to
me. To do so he would have to
admit that w ware on much more
Intimate terms than be would care
to confess."
"You may be right, but I really
feel that Early man will hare to
tell some one his troublsa. That Is
the reason that he la so popular
with women. A man of hla
CHEVROLET
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$850
$1250
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$1600
GOOD BUG $75
Cars in good condition and all hare been overhauled.
Gingrich Motor Co.
371 COURT STREET
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MITCHELL
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FRANKLIN" ...
Police Patrol
Michigan Shore
Detroit, Mich., Aug. 15. Armed
with rifles, a detachment of 75
state police today started patrol-1 Langlols, in Curry county, hai
ling the waters in the vicinity of Just given a sweet pea and dahlia
Detroit with motor boats to guard show.
Oleson Auto Exchange,
WE BUY, SELL, EXCHANGE AND SELL ON
COMMISSION
Good Used Cars
CUT TO ROCK BOTTOM PRICES
FOR GOOD USED CABS SEE US.
Buiak Six New Tires
1920 Chandler 7 passenger.
1920 Chevrolet.
1920 Oakland good rubber
Several good used Forda.
Indians, Harleys and Henderson motorcycles.
Oleson Auto Exchange
Phone 6M
341 N. Commercial
LADD & BUSH
BANKERS
ESTABLISHED 1868
General Banking Business
Office Hours from 10 a. m. to 3 p. m-
Bringing Up Fathw: By George McManus.
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32,000,000 Kronen
Paid For Song
Berlin, Aug. IS. Robert StoU,
Vienna composer, has broken
the world's record for the income
received from a single piece of
dance music, scoordlng to the
N'eue Berliner. His "Salome Fox
trot" has netted aim 13,000,000
knnn In royalties. To flgurs out
the wealth of the Fnstrot Million
aire In real money- -an Austria"
K nen Is worth about one tenth
of one cent.
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